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Corrosion and Conservation Management of the Submarine HMAS AE2 (1915) in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey

open access: yesHeritage, 2019
The wreck site of the Australian First World War submarine HMAS AE2 in the Sea of Marmara had a salinity of 26‰ (parts per thousand) for the first 13 m, which increased to 41‰ at 21 m, after which it remained constant to the bottom at 72 m,
Ian D. MacLeod
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Orchid conservation: how can we meet the challenges in the twenty-first century?

open access: yesBotanical Studies, 2018
With c. 28,000 species, orchids are one of the largest families of flowering plants, and they are also one of the most threatened, in part due to their complex life history strategies.
Michael F. Fay
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Conservation Strategies of the Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom Pleurotus nebrodensis (Basidiomycota, Fungi)

open access: yesBiology and Life Sciences Forum, 2022
Pleurotus nebrodensis (Inzenga) Quél. is an edible mushroom appreciated by consumers for its organoleptic characters. It was first described by the mycologist Giuseppe Inzenga as “the most delicious mushroom growing in Sicily”.
Fortunato Cirlincione   +3 more
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In Situ, Ex Situ and On Farm Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources in Neotropics

open access: yes, 2023
The prospect for the coming decades will be for humanity to witness a holocaust of species on Earth. Within these species are plants for food purposes undergoing genetic erosion and, putting at risk not only their own existence, but the safety of human ...
Costa, Flaviane Malaquias   +4 more
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In-situ Conservation of wild forest coffee-Exploring the potential of participatory forest management in south west Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Maintaining the gene pool of Coffea arabica in the forests of South West Ethiopia, where this plant evolved and has its genetic hearth, is a challenge of global importance.
Tolera, Motuma   +3 more
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Complementary Analysis and Implementation Plan for Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives in Finland

open access: yesPlants, 2023
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are valuable wild plant species that can be used as genetic resources providing adaptive traits to crop plants and therefore they play an important role in future food security.
Heli Fitzgerald   +3 more
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Seed banks as a partnership for global plant conservation

open access: yesActa Biologica Slovenica, 2014
A seed bank is a collection of plant seeds stored under appropriate conditions in which seeds are periodically checked for their germination ability – viability of seeds.
Jože Bavcon, Blanka Ravnjak
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Habitat differentiation and conservation gap of Magnolia biondii, M. denudata, and M. sprengeri in China [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2019
The flower buds of Magnolia biondii, M. denudata, and M. sprengeri are the materials of Xinyi, a traditional Chinese medicine. The harvest of flower buds and habitat fragmentation caused by human disturbance heavily threatens the natural regeneration and
Chuangye Song, Huiming Liu
doaj   +2 more sources

Snowtrout fishery in Garhwal Himalaya: Causes of depletion and strategy for propagation

open access: yesEnvironment Conservation Journal, 2009
Snowtrout  (Schizothorax sp.)  is  an  important group  of fishes  in Indian  uplands   and  is prone  to decline due to several  anthropogenic  activities  and natural  disasters.  However,  the natural  behaviour of the  group   is  also  one  of the  
N.K. Agarwal, Harpal Singh
doaj   +1 more source

Prioritizing Plants around the Cross-Border Area of Greece and the Republic of North Macedonia: Integrated Conservation Actions and Sustainable Exploitation Potential

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
Plants know no political borders and some of them are restricted to small geographical territories of different countries in which they are endemic. In this study, we prioritized plants (PPs) of the cross-border area of Greece and the Republic of North ...
Nikos Krigas   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

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